The Sitcom Study

The Facts of Life gals pull a classic department store caper, Danny Partridge helps himself to a corner store yoyo, and Tim the Toolman Taylor must ferret out the Swiss army thief among his children... This week's trope is Shoplifting!

Here's what we're watching:

• The Partridge Family S3 E22 "The Partridge Connection"


• Facts of Life S2 E6 "Shoplifting"


• Small Wonder S2 E11 "The Shoplifter"


• Home Improvement S4 E25 "A Marked Man"